Still Time to Plan a Fall Tour

Though this is the first week of September, there is still time to plan and enjoy a great fall bike trip. In much of the Western Hemisphere, weather can be amenable clear through October. Daylight hours will be shorter, but with Daylight Saving Time lasting to the end of October, those hours will be available when you need them most. You can use the later sunrise to have a leisurely morning, to linger over your coffee or to treat yourself to a breakfast at a cafe before getting rolling. Nothing wrong with slow starts on tour.

Some suggested fall touring routes include Adirondack Park Loop, Allegheny Mountains Loop, Grand Canyon Connector, Florida Connector, Great Rivers Route, North Lakes, Pacific Coast and Utah Cliffs Loop. (I also hear that the Black Hills of South Dakota are nice this time of year. I hope so!) If you want to camp on any of these routes, be sure to check the status of campgrounds. They often start closing after Labor Day weekend.

For those wanting to create a route of their own, be sure to check the very first GeoPoints Bulletin post for tips on doing so, as well as Winona Bateman's more recent Web Resources for Touring Cyclists post.

photo courtesy of DewCon's photostream on Flickr

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GEOPOINTS BULLETIN is written by Jennifer 'Jenn' Milyko, an Adventure Cycling cartographer, and appears weekly, highlighting curious facts, figures and persons fromAdventure Cycling's Route Network with tips and hints for personal route creation thrown in for good measure. She also wants to remind you that map corrections and comments are always welcome via the online Map Correction Form.